NAME
v.out.ascii - Converts a binary GRASS vector map layer into
an ASCII GRASS vector map layer.
(GRASS Vector Data Export Program)
SYNOPSIS
v.out.ascii
v.out.ascii help
v.out.ascii
input=name
output=name
DESCRIPTION
v.out.ascii
converts a GRASS vector map in binary format
to a GRASS vector map in ASCII format.
The program can be run non-interactively if the user specifies all needed
program arguments on the command line, in the form
-
v.out.ascii
input=name
output=name
Parameters:
- input=name
- Name of the binary GRASS vector input file to be converted to ASCII format.
- output=name
- Name of the ASCII GRASS vector output file.
If the user runs v.out.ascii without giving the
names of an input and output file on the command line, the
program will prompt the user for these names.
NOTES
The GRASS program
v.in.ascii
performs the
function of v.out.ascii in reverse; i.e., it
converts vector files in ASCII format to their binary
format. These two companion programs are useful both for
importing and exporting vector files between GRASS and
other software, and for transferring data between
machines.
The output from v.out.ascii will be placed in the
user's current mapset under the
$LOCATION/dig_ascii directory.
v.out.ascii does not copy the dig_cats
file associated with the binary vector input map
to the new output file name. The user must copy
the dig_cats file to the new output name
if this is desired (e.g., using the UNIX cp
command).
SEE ALSO
v.digit,
v.import,
v.in.ascii,
v.support
AUTHORS
Michael Higgins,
U.S. Army Construction Engineering
Research Laboratory
James Westervelt,
U.S. Army Construction Engineering
Research Laboratory
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